Lunch with Mama

As I’ve mentioned before, Jeff and I typically carpool to work almost every day. Today though, Pretzel had his annual vet check-up, so we drove separate so Jeff could drop him off early this morning. So that means I had my own car for the day, and could go out on a lunch date! So last night I texted my mama & sister to see if they were free for lunch. Unfortunately Megan wasn’t, but Mama was, and so we had a lunch date today!

We used to get to have lunch together all the time. She used to work just a couple blocks from my office downtown, so even when Jeff & I carpooled, Mama could easily come swing by and pick me up. But she got a new job last year (praise the Lord actually!), and moved further away, so we don’t get to meet for lunch as often anymore. So I’m always glad & excited when it works out!

After lunch on my way back to work, I passed this old van, parked under this beautiful old tree. It just looked so green & dreamy, I had to take a photo at the stop sign. So I rolled down my window, and awkwardly snapped a photo while the lady walking past watched me.

I love listening to audiobooks. It’s a relatively recent habit I’ve picked up in the last year and a half or so, but it helps you sneak in so much more reading time. Jeff and I usually listen to one in the car together (right now we’re about halfway through “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore”), and then I generally have another one that I listen to on my own when I drive myself, or while I’m washing dishes or doing other chores at home.

Anyways, I finished “The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson” audio-book on my drive to work this morning, so I quickly found a new one via our local library, and started it on my lunch-time drive. I’ve previously read two other books by Fannie Flagg (“Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe” and “The All-Girls Filling Station’s Last Reunion”), and really liked both of them. So I’m excited to read/listen to this one now too.

Growing up actually, my mom, sister and I LOVED the movie Fried Green Tomatoes. Specifically THIS scene. We often yelled out “TOWANDA!!” over & over after watching it. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized it was adapted from a book. Even still, it took me a while to get around to reading it. But I did finally read it (actually, I was reading it exactly 3 years ago this week at our girls’ weekend at the lake with all my college girlfriends), and loved the book so much too!